To improve Federal land management, resource conservation,
environmental protection, and use of Federal land by requiring the Secretary
of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal land and
identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories,
and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 7, 2011

Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources

A BILL

To improve Federal land management, resource conservation,
environmental protection, and use of Federal land by requiring the Secretary
of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal land and
identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories,
and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act
of 2011'.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) CADASTRE-

(A) IN GENERAL- The term `cadastre' means--

(i) an inventory of Federal land developed through collecting,
storing, retrieving, or disseminating graphical or digital data
depicting natural or manmade physical features, phenomena, or
boundaries of the earth; and

(ii) any information relating to the features, phenomena, or boundaries,
including surveys, maps, charts, satellite and airborne remote
sensing data, images, and services, with services performed by
professionals, such as surveyors, photogrammetrists, hydrographers,
geodesists, cartographers, and other such services of an architectural
or engineering nature.

(B) INCLUSIONS- The term `cadastre' includes the following data
layers:

(i) A reference frame consisting of a geodetic network.

(ii) A series of current, accurate large scale maps.

(iii) A cadastral boundary overlay delineating all cadastral parcels.

(iv) A system for indexing and identifying each cadastral parcel.

(v) A series of land data files that--

(I) include the parcel identifier, which can be used to retrieve
information and cross reference between and among other data
files;

(II) contains information about the use, value, assets, and
infrastructure of each parcel; and

(III) designate any parcels that the Secretary determines can
be better managed through ownership by a non-Federal entity,
including State government, units of local government, Tribal
government, nonprofit organizations, or the private sector.

(2) FEDERAL LAND- The term `Federal land' means land under the jurisdiction
of the Federal Government, including--

(A) buildings, crops, forests, or other resources attached to, or
within, the land;

(B) improvements or fixtures permanently attached to the land or
a structure on the land; and

(C) any interest, benefit, right, or privilege in and to the land.

(3) SECRETARY- The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 3. CADASTRE OF FEDERAL LAND.

(a) In General- The Secretary shall develop a multipurpose cadastre
of Federal land to assist with--

(1) Federal land management;

(2) resource conservation;

(3) environmental protection; and

(4) the use of Federal land.

(b) Cost-Sharing Agreements-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary may enter into a cost-sharing agreement
with a State to include in the cadastre any non-Federal land in the
State.

(2) FEDERAL SHARE- The Federal share of any cost-sharing agreement
entered into under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent of the
total cost to the State for including in the cadastre the non-Federal
land in the State.

(c) Consolidation and Report- Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that describes--

(1)(A) any existing land inventories or components of a cadastre authorized
by Federal law or conducted by the Department of the Interior;

(B) the statutory authorization for the inventories or components
described in subparagraph (A); and

(C) the amount expended by the Federal Government for fiscal year
2010 with respect to the inventories or components described in subparagraph
(A);

(2) any inventories or components described in paragraph (1)(A) that
would be eliminated or consolidated into the cadastre authorized under
this Act;

(3)(A) any inventories or components described in paragraph (1)(A)
that would not be eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose
cadastre authorized by this Act;

(B) the reason for not terminating or consolidating those inventories
or components into the multipurpose cadastre;

(4) the use of existing land inventories or any components of a cadastre
being conducted by any State or unit of local government that can
be used to identify Federal land within the State or unit of local
government;

(5) the cost-savings that would be achieved by eliminating or consolidating
duplicative or unneeded land inventories or components described in
paragraph (1)(A) that would become part of the multipurpose cadastre
authorized by this Act; and

(6) recommendations for any legislation necessary to increase the
cost-savings and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of replacing,
eliminating, or consolidating inventories or components described
in paragraph (1)(A).

(d) Coordination-

(1) IN GENERAL- In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall--

(A) in accordance with section 216 of the E-Government Act of 2002
(44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107-347), participate in the establishment
of any standards and common protocols as are necessary to ensure
the interoperability of geospatial information pertaining to the
cadastre for all users of the information;

(B) coordinate with, seek the assistance and cooperation of, and
provide liaisons to, the Federal Geographic Data Committee in accordance
with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-16 and Executive
Order 12906 (43 U.S.C. 1457 note; relating to coordinating geographic
data acquisition and access: the national spatial data infrastructure)
for the implementation of, and compliance with, any standards that
may be applicable to the cadastre;

(D) integrate with, and leverage, to the maximum extent practicable,
cadastre activities of States and units of local government; and

(E) use contracts with the private sector, to the maximum extent
practicable, to provide any products and services that are necessary
to develop the cadastre.

(2) CONTRACTS CONSIDERED SURVEYING AND MAPPING- Any contract entered
into under paragraph (1)(E) shall be considered to be surveying and
mapping services, as those terms are used in subtitle I of title 40,
United States Code.